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Monday, March 19, 2012

Originality

Recently some friends and I were talking about originality. As in, there is nothing original in this world. I do agree with that. As much as I try to create an original quilted piece, and I occasionally think that, aha!, by jove I've done it. I've only to go as far as my laptop and find that the little black sliver of fabric I've inserted into one of my last quilts to make the blocks line up has already been done!
Yet, that seems to inspire me to try and try again.

and play around with the lines in a new sketch, I'll find another way of doing this motif. (Am I really going to do a series?) Yeegads!

First I cut 1 1/2 ", 1", and 3/4" strips of black and white fabrics, using my ruler.

Next, using my scissors, no measurements, no rules, I cut little triangles from multiple colors. I decided to sew alternating black and white strips on two sides of the triangles. Need I mention that it became addicting. Here's what I have got so far.

Although I didn't stick to the sketch, I am enjoying the way it is going. So far this is some good therapy and some good fun. It makes me happy just to look at it. Not too sure where I'll go from here, but I like the idea of the colored triangles being different sizes. Little bits of color. Zig zags.
Original? Maybe not in the worldly scheme of things. but for me, definitely yes. Geometrics. Series. I would have never dreamed that I would be doing this.

Now that I've gotten several triangles made, I'll sew them together and see what happens. And I am not going to stress over matching them up perfectly, as they are all just a bit different in size. To my eye, that is what will make it more interesting. But then, that's just my opinion. Life is good. Maybe not too original, but still good fun. We'll see what tomorrow brings.

11 comments:

I LOVE WHERE THIS IS GOING!!! As far as originality goes, I don't care if it is or not.. As long as I enjoy the process of making my quilt and it keeps me engaged all the way to the last stitch, It serves it's purpose for me.

I've never seen this done before, and I really like it! It'll be fun to see where the triangles take you. It reminds me of a saying my mother-in-law used a lot, "Ten ways for Sunday." Never knew what it meant!

Even at this early stage, there is so much movement, and my eye is going over all over the place. I look forward to seeing this vision executed. I love the black and white with the colors... very very cool. :)